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The French Connection, 1971
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The French Connection, 1971

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The French Connection, 1971
A City Of New York Police Detective badge of gilt and enamel decorated with the City of New York Arms motif above gilt initials D E A [Detective Endowment Association] and pinned to a corresponding black leather holder, the badge -- 2x1¾in. (5x4.5cm.) allegedly owned by NY detective Eddie 'Popeye' Egan on whom Gene Hackman's character Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in the 1971 20th Century Fox film The French Connection was based; accompanied by a letter concerning the provenance from Johnny Morris (2)
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This NYC detective badge was apparently given by Eddie 'Popeye' Egan to a film industry colleague of Johnny Morris' in the early 1970s. Eddie Egan and his partner Sonny Grosso with their team of NYC police detectives seized a record amount of heroin in 1961 and broke up an organised crime ring in the process. Their exploits became the subject of Robin Moore's book and the subsequent film The French Connection. Egan and his partner even had small roles in the film, Egan as Hackman's supervisor, Lt. Walt Simonson. Egan and Grosso were also technical advisors on the film.